Mona Hardin, the mother of Ronald Greene, will attend the President’s State of the Union tonight, where he’s expected to address police brutality. Hardin is the guest of Congressman Troy Carter, and he says it’s important to highlight Greene who died while in the custody of state police.
Cut 3 (10) “…beaten to death.”
The speech will air at 8 pm.
State Police Colonel Lamar Davis is asking for patience as his agency investigates Friday night’s shooting of an unarmed black man by a white Shreveport Police Officer…
Cut 4 (11) “…all the facts.”
Davis says 23-year-old officer Alexander Terry shot 43-Alzonzo Bagley in the chest during a foot pursuit.
Attorney General Jeff Landry released the Protecting Innocence Report today. Landry says it’s an examination of sexually explicit material at public libraries that may not be age appropriate for children. Landry urges parents to read the report at his website, a-g-jeff-landry-dot-com…
Landry says the report does not call for the censoring or banning of certain books at public libraries.
With the continued rise of overdose deaths linked to Fentanyl, one coroner is urging those with addiction issues to seek help and for more individuals to have Narcan readily available should it be needed to reverse an overdose. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston says first we must recognize that substance abuse is a medical disease.
Cut 10 (05) “…medical disorder.”
Preston says Narcan is the antidote for most opiates.